Judy's first album under her new contract with
Capitol Records. Capitol was founded by Judy's old friend and
former duet partner Johnny Mercer. Like Judy, he was also
with Decca Records in the 1930's & 40's. Judy
would remain with Capitol Records until 1966.
"Miss Show Business" was a tie-in to Judy's first television
special, the Ford Star Jubilee "Miss Show Business" which aired
on CBS-TV from 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. the night of September
24, 1955. The special
was hugely successful, earning Emmy nominations for "Best Variety
Series"
and "Best
Female Singer".
The winners
were "The Ed Sullivan Show" and Dinah Shore respectively.
To promote the album, Capitol distributed a 45RPM record (EDM
2-676) to radio stations and reviewers containing two cuts from
the album
"After
You've Gone" and "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody".
The 45 is now a rare collectible.
According to studio records, Judy also recorded "On The
Atchison, Topeka & The
Santa Fe". Recorded on August 30, 1955, it was given the "matrix" number
14366,
meaning
it
was
planned
to
be positioned after " A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow". This recording
has yet to surface.
The album peaked at #5 on Billboard's Best Selling Pop Albums chart and was in
Top
40 for seven weeks.
All images on this page from the collections of Scott
Brogan & Eric Hemphill.
TRACK
LISTING
Chorus And Orchestra Conducted by Jack Cathcart
(Judy's brother-in-law - he
was married to her sister Suzanne)
Arrangements by Harold Mooney
Special Material for Miss Garland by Roger Edens
Song
Title
Recording
Date
Time
Side
One
This
Is The Time Of The Evening/While We're Young
08-29-1955
4:46
Medley
[aka Judy's
Olio]:
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)/For
Me & My
Gal/The Boy Next Door/The Trolley Song
08-29-1955
6:17
A
Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
08-25-1955
3:03
Rock-A-Bye
Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
08-25-1955
2:39
Happiness
Is Just A Thing Called Joe
09-01-1955
4:24
Side
Two
Judy
At The Palace:
/Shine On Harvest Moon/Some Of These
Days/My Man/I Don't
Care
